Week in Review (March 26 - April 1)

Tuesday (13, 125 steps) - Overslept a bit because I had forgotten to change my alarm back after not getting up early last week. Still squeezed in a 30 minute Peloton ride before going into the office. Got my strength training done at lunch. Headed over to the NAAC right after work for Ariel's soccer game (which they lost, again).

Wednesday (23,272 steps) - Work in the office. Left work early to head up to Louisville for run club and my workout. Kristin and Larry joined me, which was fun. Took Olive for a walk when I got home.

Thursday (21,841 steps) - Work from home. Went for my run - it wasn't too bad. Bugs are already out. Took Olive for a walk. Ariel and I went to Costco to pick up pizza for lunch. Met with the sprinkler guy so we could get a quote. THEN, went to yet another soccer game (which they also lost).

Friday (17,545 steps) - Wash Park with the gang. Work in the office. Ariel messaged to say that she was going to be playing in the JV game as there were too many kids not able to play. Her game started at 4:30 and by the time I got there it was halftime, and they had already lost. Sigh. 

Saturday (16,684 steps) - Spent a bit of time trying to decide where to do our long run. Took Olive out for a walk before we went down to Deer Creek. I don't go there often because it's so far away, and it had been probably a few years since I had been there last. The lot, thankfully, was nowhere near full. The lower... half mile was fine. 

Then we started to get some snow slopes and mud. Before we knew it - just plain SNOW.

I kept hoping that if we got up high enough that we would get out of the shade and the snow would be more melted. The answer was NO, that never happened.

Most of the trail was at least knee deep and got up to the bottom hem of my shorts in areas. At best, we were barely trudging through the snow at 200 mile pace. It was definitely some type 2 fun.

Our legs were definitely getting cut up from the snow/ice and Ben was losing interest. I agreed to turn around after we got to the trail junction and it was somehow even DEEPER snow.

We saw a few groups of people coming up the trail while we were going down and we were informed that this was the first day the trails had been open since before the big snow weeks ago. There was only one set of prints on our way up, so we were basically breaking trail. Made sense. It actually was a bit better on the way down, and we took the switchbacks back to the lot instead of going back the way we came. Just over 4 miles done, with a real feel of 8-10 miles. Stopped at Parry's on the way home for lunch.

Took Olive for another walk when we got home.

Sunday (24,616 steps) - Thankfully, we had planned our run beforehand. I had told Greg I would do a longer run since Deer Creek had been a bust. We went out to South Table. Sun came out and the weather really did end up being perfect for running.

The only part of the route that seemed to hold water was on Old Quarry - it looked long and treacherous, but it was only a couple inches deep. Yelled at a few bikers for creating a new trail to ride around.

Also, randomly, a guy stopped us and asked if we had been at Deer Creek yesterday. He had talked to us then as well. We were hungry (and I weirdly had forgotten to eat breakfast), so we went to Torchy's to get some food.

Took Olive for a long walk. She was as festive as she could get for Easter, wearing her bee outfit. 

I went out and did some deliveries for a bit, then we went to 4 Noses for a beer and picked up dinner.

We are currently watching "Wednesday," which we both really like.

Monday (18,529 steps) - Work from home. We had all been awoken in the middle of the night by a freak hail/rainstorm. Took Olive for a walk while it still looked relatively dry out. I went for my run right after, and just before I turned to head back home - I noticed the sky looked a bit sketchy:

I got near the library and started to get hit with some light rain and hail. By the time I got home it really started to come down. I'm glad I was done already, because it definitely got worse. 

Did some driving after work and then took Olive for a walk. It had appeared that the rain had diminished, but it had NOT. We were all soaked after just being out for 10 minutes. Spring coming in with a vengeance! 

Stats:

• 135,612 steps
• 27.13 miles run
• 30 minutes of cardio
• 45 minutes of strength

Week in Review (June 9 - June 15)

Tuesday (26,759 steps) - Work in the office. Usually long walk downtown during lunch.

On the way home I stopped at Berkeley Park to drop off the mask Ariel made for Phil and pick up a shirt that I didn't even remember ordering. Then I had to stop by the tire place to have them check on my tires - the tire light was still on. Surprisingly, that was fixed pretty quickly and I didn't even get irritated. Went for a run in the neighborhood, that I don't remember much about, other than saying it wasn't the worst run I've ever had. That's always nice. Evening walk with Pika (where she had a close encounter with a neighborhood cat we named Pablo).

Wednesday (50,224 steps) - Early morning excitement was seeing a fox in our neighborhood!

Worked from home, and then we drove up to Boulder for our "unofficial" weekly trail run with Tyler.

Thursday (20,768 steps) - Work in the office, long walk during lunch hour. Nothing exciting. Evening walk with Pika and another really pretty sunset.

Friday (49,009 steps) - We've been having a lot of fun scouting the owls when we are on our walks. We've been lucky enough to see up to three at one time, but it's fun trying to find them and all their camouflage. The one in this picture we have named George, he is an adult owl. The other two are juveniles and have lighter colored feathers and no "horns."

Did some yoga with Ariel, which is always entertaining. After work Ariel and I went to get my first wedding dress alterations done! I was fairly apprehensive about this, only because I bought my dress a few weeks before quarantine and I certainly have been struggling maintaining my weight, if not gaining. Luckily, the dress still fits, and the only alterations are really hemming and fixing the strap lengths. I have a follow-up fitting the beginning of August. It's getting real!
Saturday (35,225 steps) - Ariel and I were up early to meet Kristin at Deer Creek Canyon. I've only been out there a handful of times, and like the last time I ran out there, got confused about some of the distances and ended up running a bit more than we planned. I certainly didn't mind, but Ariel was not impressed.

Ariel had her first social distancing play date with friends at a nearby park, so while she did that, Ben and I went to Buffalo Wild Wings for a snack and a beer. Thankfully we were able to get a seat on the patio, still not super comfortable in enclosed spaces with a lot of sketchy people.

Walk with Pika to the lake, where we saw a coyote. In the middle of the day. They are getting pretty bold.

Occasionally, we still find painted rocks!

Sunday (32,904 steps) - Drove to Evergreen to meet some friends for a hike (I only went because Lisa was insistent that it would just be a hike up - I was pretty tired after the miles we did at Deer Creek). It was really great to see a bunch of my former training buddies! We did do some running on the way down, which was also nice.

 

We were invited to go out with friends for a birthday celebration. We got to the bar they wanted to meet at and we were truly horrified by the lack of social distancing and the crowding, so we bailed and opted to get a beer from a smaller place down the street. Will things ever really feel "normal" again?

Monday (35,024 steps) - Work from home, Pika walk at lunch. Ariel and I decided to meet up with Phil at New Terrain for the long-lost run club! Thankfully only one other gal showed up, so we weren't a big group. My legs were pretty beat from a big weekend, but I was able to keep up relatively well, especially on the descents. 

We sat on the patio and had a beer before heading home. I feel like this is the best social distancing signage I've ever seen.

Stats:

• 249,913 steps
• 34.1 miles run